An absence somewhat explained

Long have I been absent (or so it must seem to my one or two followers) from posting on this blog. Here I get to draw from the deck (as my husband would call it) the CANCER CARD. OK, it’s true, I was diagnosed with uterine cancer in May this year, following several months of just not feeling well. In June I had a hysterectomy (sure wish I could have photographed that, as it was robotic surgery!) In August I will have three radiation treatments, highly targeted, I’m told. Meaning few, if any, side effects – which for me add up to, “can I still ride my horses?”

I feel extremely lucky as my docs and I caught the cancer at a very early stage. And I have to add that I don’t intend in any way to minimize the scourge of cancer – so many, including close family members and friends of mine, have had to endure, treat and sometimes die from the disease. I simply don’t intend for myself to discourse at length or call it a battle. I will either survive both the cancer and the treatments, or I won’t.

If I’m honest, though, I have to admit that life also has been irritatingly interfering with my writing, so it hasn’t just been the cancer (although I probably could have gotten away with claiming just that). Working as director of programming for seniors at a hospital, running a small cabin business and trying to enjoy the many pleasures of rural life suck up a lot of time. At any rate, for the moment, I’m back!

Back in the saddle on my newest horse, 

Libby a few weeks after surgery.